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Women’s History
"The ongoing invisibility of women and girls is a serious issue for our country, and for the world. The invisibility of our history, heroes, stories, challenges, and success handicaps the future of all Americans, and it deeply affects our economy and our communities."--Megan Smith, U.S. Chief Technology OfficerWhat History Isn’t
“History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”
— Jodi Picoult, The StorytellerJanuary 2025 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Recent Comments
- Janice Brown on Littleton New Hampshire: Kilburn Stereoscopic Views
- Valley News - Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Upstart prevails in Grafton County sheriff’s contest – Westlebanon Valley News on New Hampshire’s First Woman Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs: Helen Kenney of Concord, M. Jennie (Wood) Kendall of Nashua, and Lillian (Christian) Bryant of Conway
- Friday’s Family History Finds | Empty Branches on the Family Tree on Samuel Joy and His Spite Tombstone in Durham New Hampshire
- “Mowed down like a pack of cards”: Carrie M. Hall, nurse. | American Women in World War I on Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing Founder, National Association President and Pioneer of American Nursing: Nashua New Hampshire’s Carrie May Hall (1873-1963)
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Category Archives: New Hampshire Women
The Early History of Manchester New Hampshire’s Hesser Business College (now Mount Washington College) and the Hesser Family
The small business school started in Manchester, New Hampshire by Joel Harter Hesser on 1 June 1900 (for the first few years called simply “Hesser School”) still exists, though it no longer bears its founder’s name. [Editor’s note: At the … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged building, business, college, commercial, Concord, early, Elm, facility, Fellows, Gladys, Hesser, history, Joel, Lowell, Manchester, Mount, Mt, New Hampshire, NH, odd, penmanship, school, shorthand, Street, typing, Washington
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First NH Lady Century Rider of 1893, Bicyclist, Linotypist: Maud L. (Hood) Center 1874-1958
Before I tell you Maud Hood’s story, I should explain a few terms, and how her accomplishment was unusual and wonderful. A Century Rider is a bicyclist who has completed a 100-mile ride. This is a milestone nearly every cyclist … Continue reading
The Colby and Phelps Families of Bow and Northfield, New Hampshire
It is remarkable how many families I find myself connected with in New Hampshire. Here is yet another case where I purchased a lot of identified gem-sized tintypes on ebay, researched them, and found that they were related, albeit distantly, … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged Bow, Charles, Colby, David, Davis, French, Hattie, Irena, Leonard, Martha, Moses, New Hampshire, NH, Northfield, Phelps, photograph, Rosella, tintype, Winslow, Yeaton
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Laundryman and Cigar-maker: Chester M. Fairbanks of Hillsborough Bridge and Nashua NH (1832-1863)
The youthful, hopeful faces of Chester M. Fairbanks, and his first wife Emma Belle peer out at me from the fragile tintype photograph. Along with the tintypes I have two CDVs of them, with a delicate but enigmatic script on … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women
Tagged bridge, cemetery, Chester, cigar, Civil War, Cuba, Deering, Edgewood, Fairbanks, Hillsborough, Laundry, Myrtie, Nashua, New Hampshire, NH, Othnall, Othnel, Othniel, pension, Reginald
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Manchester, New Hampshire’s Distinguished Artist, Instructor, Director, Civic Leader: Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870-1956)
Although I credit Maud Briggs Knowlton to Manchester, New Hampshire where she lived and worked for most of her life, I should mention that she was not a native of this city. She was born in Penacook, which was then … Continue reading
Posted in Genealogy, History, New Hampshire Women
Tagged art, artist, Arts and Crafts, biography, Boston Society, Briggs, Central, colony, Concord, Copley Society, Currier, director, Edward, female, first, flowers, Gallery, high, Institute, instructor, island, Knowlton, landscape, Manchester, Maud, Maude, Monhegan, museum, New Hampshire, NH, Nicholls, one good canvas, Penacook, Red Cross, Rhoda, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls, school, Sciences, teacher, Unitarian, woman
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